Sealer for bearing bushings for hinges of a vehicle
AssigneeMagna Closures Inc.
InventorsSASCHA KULLICK, STEPHAN HOLSCHBACH
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Abstract
A bearing assembly for coupling a pair of link members of a hinge to one another, the assembly including: a bushing having a bushing body, the bushing body including a metallic material and having a plurality of surfaces; and a sealer coating applied over at least one surface of the plurality of surfaces, such that the sealer coating exhibits a material property of paint repellant for paint material when the paint material is applied during a subsequent cathodic painting process.
Claims19
A bearing assembly (32) for coupling a pair of link members (30) of a hinge (8) to one another, the assembly including:
- a bushing (38) having a bushing body (38x), the bushing body including a metallic material and having a plurality of surfaces (40, 42, 44);
- and
- a sealer coating (60) applied over at least one surface of the plurality of surfaces, such that the sealer coating exhibits a material property of paint repellant for paint material (58) when the paint material is applied during a subsequent painting process.
A method of manufacturing a bearing assembly, the method comprising:
- applying a sealer coating over at least one surface of a plurality of surfaces of a bushing body of a bushing of the bearing assembly, such that the sealer coating exhibits a material property of paint repellant for paint material when the paint material is applied during a subsequent painting process, the bushing body including a metallic material;
- wherein the bushing when installed in a link member the hinge provides for paint repellant properties of the bearing assembly.
A method of manufacturing a hinge assembly including a bearing assembly, the method comprising:
- applying a sealer coating over at least one surface of a plurality of surfaces of a bushing body of a bushing of the bearing assembly, such that the sealer coating exhibits a material property of paint repellant for paint material when the paint material is applied during a subsequent cathodic painting process, the bushing body including a metallic material;
- installing the bushing in a link member of the hinge;
- and
- installing a fastener in an aperture of the bushing for coupling the link member to another link member of the hinge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.